This section is from the book "Catherine Owen's New Cook Book", by Catherine Owen. Also available from Amazon: Catherine Owen's New Cook Book.
Take two dozen plump oysters, scald them, chop them a little; take an equal quantity of bread-crumbs and two ounces of butter; scald a bit of onion as large as a hazel-nut, and chop it very fine; put in a teaspoonful of finely-chopped parsley, a small saltspoonful of pepper, and two of salt (it must be highly seasoned); squeeze in the juice of half a lemon, and bind the whole with the yolks of two eggs; used for turkey, roasted or boiled, or may be fried in balls to garnish.
 
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